Imagine a summer that could impact cities, countries and continents around the globe while also forever transforming your life – a summer that propels you into a deeper walk with God and gives you greater confidence in making Him known, a summer that develops your leadership skills and begins friendships you’ll take with you throughout your entire life.
Where are Chattanooga Cru students going?
There are many Summer Missions that Cru offers, but these are the main ones that Chattanooga Cru students go on. Click the photo for the Summer Mission that you’re interested in to learn more about it.
Clearwater Beach
Trip Length: Eight Weeks
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Smoky Mountains
Trip Length: Eight Weeks
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Daytona Beach
Trip Length: Three Weeks
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Greek Summit: Destin
Length: Two Weeks
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Prague
Length: Five Weeks
@crupraha
Central Asia
Length: Four Weeks
Why a Summer Mission?
Cru Knows Students. Cru Knows Missions.
Summer Mission Trips are designed with you, the student, in mind.
With many years of experience in mission trips, we know your strengths, we know your busy schedule, and we know you are ready and able to impact the world.
Cru leaders don’t just lead the trip but are focused on pouring into you as you pour into others – guiding you, training you, and encouraging you. Our experience on campus and our dedicated global partnerships with local ministries translate to an experience that will be significant to both you and the mission.
God urges us to pursue a relationship with Him and have faith that produces action.
Maybe that’s already a reality in your life or perhaps it’s something you want to be true of yourself. God wants you to grow this summer.
Why not put yourself in an environment that will accelerate your growth?
Pray. Ask God to show you how He wants you to accelerate your faith this summer. Where can you get invested in an authentic community, evangelism training and experience, hear about God’s heart for the lost, a Bible study that will challenge you, Encouraging discipleship, and worshipful moments?
Come be part of something extraordinary this summer!
What will I do on Summer Mission?
Go with a team of other students
Depending on your location, you could wake up to the sound of crashing waves, or the sight of sunbeams reflected by frost-laden mountains or glass and steel skyscrapers all summer long. Depending on which trip you pick, you’ll live with 10-30 (international) or 30-150 students (stateside) in apartments, hotel rooms, dorms or a huge house. Your roommates and fellow students will become some of your closest friends – the community developed on a summer mission is truly unmatched.
Grow closer to God
Summer Missions are known for challenging students to pursue a deep, life-long personal walk with God. You’ll be encouraged to make your personal time with God a top priority. An eager team of Cru Leaders will help you achieve this by offering accountability and support as you learn about God’s character and His Word. You will also be exploring Scripture in weekly gatherings and small group Bible studies that dive deep, and are faith-building and applicable to your everyday life. You will leave amazed at how much God has taught you in a few short weeks!
Experience the meaning of community
Deep, life-long friendships are often the result of the grace and truth-filled community environments of a Summer Mission. You’ll live with anywhere from 10-150 of your peers from schools across the nation. All of you will have come together in the pursuit of growing in your walks with God and making Him known. This is community at its best.
Learn how to lead
Summer Missions are designed to develop you as a leader. You get to be hands-on with all sorts of different ministry opportunities. You’ll leave with a solid Biblical foundation and practical ministry skills. The hope is that you will leave your summer mission an effective Christ-centered leader both on your campus and in your work field that God calls you to after school.
Bring the gospel to people who need Jesus
During the summer, you will be involved in connecting with your summer missions’ unique ministry focus, the communities you will be serving during this summer have been strategically chosen for each location.
At many stateside summer mission locations your ministry focus includes serving coworkers and the local community on the job. For other locations, the ministry focus could be people who live in the surrounding community, classmates, students attending a nearby university or with visiting tourists. Whatever your ministry focus, you will be trained to love those people well, serve them and share your faith with them. Imagine sharing the love of Christ with beachgoers, students on an international campus, fellow hotel housekeepers, to national park guests—who knows who you’ll meet this summer!
See the world through God’s eyes
Cru Leaders will be spiritual mentors who will help deepen your walk with the Lord through sharing ministry experiences with you and simply doing life alongside you. You can look forward to spending time with other students in small groups, studying God’s Word and exploring His longing for the nations to know Him.
Learn to articulate the gospel to anyone, anywhere
Over the course of the summer, you’ll be trained in sharing your faith with non-believers and believers. You’ll gain practical skills to help you apply Jesus’ teachings to your own life and learn how to pass them on to others. You’ll spend dedicated time to practice what you learn, and become confident in talking with anyone, anywhere, anytime.
In some locations, you get a job
Yes, you heard right–you can get a job at certain U.S. Summer Mission locations! Check out each location’s page for more details..